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Live Oak

The Quercus Virginiana is commonly known as Live Oak, Scrub Live Oak, Virginia Live Oak, as well as West Texas Live Oak

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Growing Regions

Live oak occurs on the lower Coastal Plain of the southeastern United States from southeastern Virginia to Florida, including the Florida Keys, and west to southeastern Texas [21,31].

     

General Information

The currently accepted scientific name of live oak is Quercus virginiana Mill. [21,31]. Live oak hybridizes with dwarf live oak, swamp white oak (Q. bicolor), Durand oak (Q. durandi), overcup oak (Q. lyrata), bur oak (Q. macrocarpa), and post oak (Q. stellata) [31].

Live oak is a common dominant in maritime forests and on hammocks
bordering coastal and inland marshes.

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